If your goals include job offers upon graduation, you’ll want to choose your major carefully, says Vicki Lynn, senior vice president of Universum, a global talent recruiting company that works with many Fortune 500 companies. To help navigate the numerous options available today, we took a closer look at five degrees you may want to avoid.

Architecture

According to Lynn, architecture is such an industry-specific major. “If there’s not a job offer waiting when you graduate, then it can be very frustrating because it can be very hard to maneuver into another career path with this degree due to its narrow focus,” says Lynn.

Philosophy or Religious Studies

“In my opinion, these degrees are not at all marketable,” says Lynn. “I don’t even know what people do with these degrees to be honest. Unless they’re willing to go all the way to a PhD in philosophy, for instance, their career paths are zero.”

Anthropology or Archeology

Lynn says a bachelor’s degree in either anthropology or archeology is “totally limiting. Except for on a faculty or doing tours to the Parthenon, I don’t know what you would actually do with this [degree]…”

Area Ethnic or Civilization Studies

“Some degrees have really bizarre names, and if you have one of those and you have to try to explain it to the recruiter or an employer, it’s not helping you, so I would avoid them. These two fall into that category,” she says.

Information Systems

At first glance, a bachelor’s degree in information systems might seem like a great fit for the “Information Age.” And in truth, it might be. But it’s also true, says Lynn, that this degree suffers from being related to – but not the same as – more sought-after degrees such as computer science.

Have you taken up any of these most unwanted degrees? How do you cope with the very limited career options that these degrees offer? Feel free to share your job search woes and successes with us via the comment box below!

Debt collectors, potential employers and even lawyers could be finding out much more than you’d want them to. Here we examine the worrying trends on Facebook and consider how you can take steps to avoid being spied on.

Debt Collector Watch. Although it is not forbidden for collectors to post on your Facebook wall or ask your contacts of your whereabouts, they cannot post about your debt, because that is a serious breach of privacy. Nevertheless, it should be common practice not to accept friend requests from people you don’t know. If you do owe money, you should answer mail or calls or from collection agencies in the first instance.

Job hunting. Facebook profiles are routinely being checked by your future employers. It seems wise to keep all content absolutely clean, otherwise who knows what job prospects you are thwarting.

Passwords Please. In an even more worrying development in Maryland, a man has recently been asked to hand his Facebook login details over to his employer. As a result the updated policy at the Maryland Department of Corrections states that job candidates won’t be asked to share their login or password information, but job applicants will be asked to log into Facebook “voluntarily” as an interviewer looks over their shoulders.

Legal Snooping. Dorothy McGurk claimed that she couldn’t work, rarely left home and didn’t socialize because of injuries from a 1996 car accident. The dancer, on disability, had been seeking lifetime alimony of $850 a month from her husband due to this accident. When Facebook revealed otherwise, the alimony was lost.

The Bottom Line. If you do want to continue using Facebook, what can you do to protect yourself from unwanted prying eyes? Be sure you’ve checked those privacy settings. It is sensible to keep any personal content away from the public eye. Also, be careful what you are making available to your networks. Keep it clean and professional.